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May 24 2023

THEATER: “THE COLOR PURPLE”/ “THE PROM”

By |2023-05-26T18:45:22-04:00May 24th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

There are TWO entertaining and meaningful shows to see on stage NOW in Boston and beyond! Head out to Concord, MA to see a very moving production of THE COLOR PURPLE  before it closes, presented by The Umbrella Stage Company and one of the best productions I ever seen by this  company. At the heart of [...]

May 12 2023

THEATER: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS!!

By |2023-05-16T23:52:39-04:00May 12th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Dancing broke out onstage at the after party. DJ WhySham didn't stop 'til midnight. Applause, cheers and passionate, heartfelt,  exuberant speeches even picked up momentum as the three-hour-plus show continued. This was the vibe at the 40th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS held at the Huntington Theatre on Monday night May 8, 2023, also proclaimed-- in [...]

Apr 28 2023

THEATER: MY FAIR LADY, DANCE NATION, BUD NOT BUDDY

By |2023-04-28T21:00:44-04:00April 28th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

QUICK TAKES on what's onstage NOW  in and around Boston-- This is the last weekend to see MY FAIR LADY presented by Broadway in Boston at the OPERA HOUSE. ACT I was bogged down in muddy sound and even muddier cockney accents.  Madeline Powell as leading lady Eliza Doolittle lacked the role's requisite charm and [...]

Apr 05 2023

THEATER: ELLIOT NORTON AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!!

By |2023-04-06T12:00:17-04:00April 5th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Bobbie Steinbach, 2023 recipient of The Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence The NOMINATIONS for The 40th ANNIVERSARY ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS are out! FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE and THE HUNTINGTON lead the pack with 30 and 29 nominations respectively in a field of 137 nominees in total. The winners will be announced at [...]

Mar 29 2023

THEATER: INTO THE WOODS

By |2023-03-29T22:59:30-04:00March 29th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Once upon a time...there was a brilliant Tony Award-winning musical INTO THE WOODS by the late great Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine which won three Tony's its first time out.  Now its first acclaimed Broadway production in 20 years has made its way from the great white way to Boston's Colonial Theatre with much of [...]

Mar 17 2023

THEATER: “K-I-S-S-I-N-G”

By |2023-03-17T23:00:52-04:00March 17th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

OK. I just saw the most exhilarating show of the season-- and YOU MUST SEE IT too!  Presented by The Huntington in association with Front Porch Arts Collective: K-I-S-S-I-N-G is as sweet and lovely as that little jingle suggests- audience and actors "sittin' in a tree" in love with life and possibility!  Supported by our [...]

Mar 04 2023

THEATER: ” THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN”

By |2023-03-04T19:14:41-05:00March 4th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Imagine over an hour of watching someone working flat out, every minute, center stage, almost desperate to hold our attention and make a point. Exhausting. And the teller? British Actress Clare Perkins in the title role and she is undeniably talented. The tale? The one told by Chaucer's bawdy, outspoken "The Wife of Bath" here [...]

Feb 27 2023

THEATER: “FAIRVIEW” /”ALMA”

By |2023-02-27T21:48:53-05:00February 27th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Otherness. The state of being unlike whoever "we" think we are and all the issues that follow -- fear, power, safety-- are the hyper-relevant themes of two recent plays. Both works challenge the outsize dominance of "whiteness" over the non-white global majority, and one play requires the white minority not only to see itself, but [...]

Feb 13 2023

THEATER: SEVEN GUITARS

By |2023-02-15T09:58:23-05:00February 13th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

A haunting and beautiful production of playwright August Wilson's most ruminative work, SEVEN GUITARS, is now onstage in the heart of Roxbury at historic Hibernian Hall. Mounted by Actors' Shakespeare Project with a compelling ensemble cast and directed by resident company member and award-winning actor/director Maurice Emmanuel Parent, the production is a glowing ember in [...]

Feb 08 2023

THEATER: THE ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS ARE BACK HONORING THE BEST OF GREATER BOSTON THEATER!

By |2023-02-08T14:41:25-05:00February 8th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

The news is out! The BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION of which I am proud to be President has officially announced that our season-end extravaganza known as The Elliot Norton Awards honoring the best of greater Boston theater is back LIVE and IN PERSON after three years! The Boston Globe ran the story today-- READ IT [...]